Your DayStarter: Highs in the mid 80s, what the census had to say about Tampa Bay's education and a review of that new Grey Salt restaurant at the Hard Rock

A view of the private dining room at Grey Salt in the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tampa. Opened by New York celebrity chef Marc Murphy, Grey Salt is a Mediterranean restaurant that takes the place of the Green Room. WILL VRAGOVIC | Times

• Food critic Laura Reiley checked out the new Hard Rock restaurant Grey Salt, helmed by Marc Murphy, a regular judge on Food Network's Chopped — his first restaurant outside of New York. Will the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa know how to play this hand effectively?

• Here are the top things to do in Tampa Bay today, including an Outback Bowl Beach Day with teams, their marching bands and cheerleaders at Clearwater's Pier 60 for a day of live music, skydivers, a tug-of-war and other contests. And Australia's Ten Tenors are at Ruth Eckerd Hall.

• As you shop for your New Year's Eve party supplies, food editor Michelle Stark has some recipes and ideas to turn sparkling wine or Champagne into a festive drink you can sip all night long.

• One good thing came out of the great recession. People hoping to climb out of it appear to have gone back to school to improve their employment prospects, Census figures suggest. For many, though, it hasn't translated to the higher standard of living they had sought. Check out tampabay.com later today for our report.

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